creolization
nounUK /ˌkɹiː.əʊ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
Etymology From creole + -ization.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences the process of a pidgin rapidly expanding its vocabulary and grammatical rules, ultimately becoming a creole.
2
Trinidad and Tobago of Indo-Trinidadians, the process of assimilation into the dominant Creole culture.
- Derived terms
- decreolization